Eastern Kentucky Univeristy (EKU), chartered a bus to bring creative writing faculty and students to New York City for the AWP Annual Conference and Bookfair. For many of the students, this was their first time in Manhattan, so AWP congratulates the EKU faculty for their bravery and generosity in making this expedition possible and for braving the bad weather that battered the midwest. There were 7,000 registered attendees for the conference, but as the Bookfair was open to the public on the last day of the conference, more than 8,000 people attended overall, with 3,000 students among them. AWP thanks EKU and all our sponsors for helping to make this year’s gathering AWP’s best-attended conference to date.